Feil

See also: feil, féil, and Féil

English

Proper noun

Feil

  1. A surname.
    • 2025 December 13, Ian Ritter, Emily Feil, “Two confirmed dead in active shooter incident on Brown campus, police do not have any suspects in custody”, in The Brown Daily Herald‎[1]:
      Emily Feil is a senior staff writer covering staff and student labor. She is a freshman from Long Beach, NY and plans to study economics and English. In her free time, she can be found watching bad TV and reading good books.

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fai̯l/, [fɑɪ̯l]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɪl

Etymology 1

From German Pfeil, from Old High German pfīl, from Latin pīlum. The native form would be *Päil. The noun has been lost throughout Central Franconian, but compare Ripuarian piel (“straight up”). Cognate with Dutch pijl.

Noun

Feil m (plural Feiler)

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Etymology 2

From Middle High German vīle, from Old High German fīla, from Proto-West Germanic *fį̄hlu, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō. Cognate with German Feile, Dutch vijl, English file.

Noun

Feil f (plural Feilen)

  1. file (tool)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Feil f (plural Feilen)

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